The book is a veritable commentary on the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 , which replaced the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 with an objective to widen the ambit and amplify the scope of the Act , to modernise the legislation on consumer protection, to keep pace with the changes in markets, to ensure fair, equitable and consistent outcomes for consumers and to enable swift executive intervention in the nature of class action both to prevent consumer detriment and to provide redress to consumer. The book comprises 17 chapters- Chapter 1 is an introductory chapter dealing with historical development of the law of consumer protection and explaining the scope and scheme of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 - Chapter 1 is an introductory chapter dealing with historical development of the law of consumer protection and explaining the scope and scheme of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 - Chapter 2 explains the meaning of “consumer”, “goods” and “ services” - Chapter 3 deals with Central Consumer Protection Authority established to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers; its duties and functions; - Chapter 4 deals restrictive trade practices of inflicting unjustified costs or restrictions by manipulating prices or conditions, resale price maintenance, tying arrangements, etc. ; practices anti- competitive in nature. - Chapter 5 deals with unfair trade practices of misleading statement , false representation, fraudulent misrepresentation , etc. - Chapter 6 deals with misleading advertisement , endorsement, sponsorship., and comparative advertisement disparaging goods of another person, etc. - Chapter 7 deals with the concept of passing off - Chapter 8 deals with concept of product liability ; the strict liability of a product manufacturer, service provider or seller to compensate a consumer for any harm or injury caused by a defective good or deficient service. - Chapter 9 deals with establishment of District , State and Nati